my motor mount broke on my single cam ZC
i tried a left handed drill but it didnt work. what else can i do!!?

i was able to get the bolt (cicled in blue) out cuz part of it was sticking out. The other bolt (circled in red) broke at the very end so i was unable to get a hold of it.

tried a left handed drill. got about a quarter inch deep. wouldnt budge.

 

if you have access to a welder you can put a nut over the hole and weld the center to the broken bolt then just put a socket over it and pull it out. thats how i get broken bolts that snap off inside like that

 

use a screw extractor

 

damn pretty smart and easy. thanks man
anyone else no a way?

 

and what is a screw extracter

 

wow how did you manage to break those bolts anyway?

 

ya use a screw extractor, you drill a tiny hole into the broken bolt, then use the reverse drill bit while drilling in the reverse directon and the bolt shud come out, if that doesnt work, drill the hole thru, then get a hammer and a small bit and hit the edges of the broekn bolt and pull the broken pieces of the bolt out

 

yea i think i'll try that or i'll try welding the inside of a nut on to the broken bolt and screwing it out from there

 

here are pics of two different types of screw extactors, just follow the instuctions in the above post.

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what do ppl mean by center punching the stud

 

you can also, use a rotary tool, and use a thin disc to cut a slot into it. Then use a flathead to take it out. I did it when a bolt broke off into my head.



dont mind my drawing, it was to show someone how to remove the tops. they were stuck i guess. but you can see it broke off.

 

night bump

 

use vise grips for the bottom one

 

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--- Bottom one is already out.

YOU Gotta READ

 

oh yea...the bolt was torqued down pretty good before it snapped so what method would be better since it was torqued down?

 

If none of the above ideas work, drill it out and then retap.

 

bump for poor ol' Bill.

 

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x2...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mfoehrkolb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can also, use a rotary tool, and use a thin disc to cut a slot into it. Then use a flathead to take it out. I did it when a bolt broke off into my head.



dont mind my drawing, it was to show someone how to remove the tops. they were stuck i guess. but you can see it broke off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol that's quite the piece of art.

 

i bought a set of black & decker screw extractors for 8bucks. and so what i did was drilled a small hole in the center of the bolt. then i tapped the largest screw extractor lightly with a hammer into the small hole i drilled. then i twisted the screw extractor and it broke and now its stuck inside alskjdfl;jdsalkfj
im gona go with welding a nut to it once i get that piece of **** out...

 

lol, once you drill a small hole into the broken bolt, you first get a screw extractor that fits snug and go in reverse with the drill, you dont hit the drill bit, you just drill a small hole, then go in reverse with the drill and the broken bolt will spin out

 

o and you shudve gone with a better set of drill bits/screw extractor set, black and decker is junk, it will break if u drill into wood, get the good stuff

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BILLisCHILL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i bought a set of black & decker screw extractors for 8bucks. and so what i did was drilled a small hole in the center of the bolt. then i tapped the largest screw extractor lightly with a hammer into the small hole i drilled. then i twisted the screw extractor and it broke and now its stuck inside alskjdfl;jdsalkfj
im gona go with welding a nut to it once i get that piece of **** out... </TD></TR></TABLE>

o man, you hit it with a hammer!?!?!?!

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correct

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very good advice. I have had my set for 7 years. I am not even sure what they are called but the set of 4 bits cost me 25 bucks though. but they havent broken

 

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lol that's quite the piece of art. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no kidding... seriously, lol... don't you just love your car? we've all been there, done that. good luck on getting that bolt out.

 

Tap and die set at any auto store....or you can just pop drop and lock it